Oven grate



July 26,1927.

F. E. HEATH OVEN GRATE Filed Jan. 27, 1927 gin/vento@ V Patented July ze, 1927.

UNITED 'STATES 1,637,303 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. HEATH, F SHERMAN MILLS, MAINE.

OVEN GRATE.

`Application led .Tanary 27, 1927.` Serial No. 164.043.

My. said invention relates to an oven: grate or framework adapted to be inserted in. an oven for supporting cooking utensils or receptacles containing food to be cooked and being provided with a handle by which it may be withdrawn, such grate being particularly designed for use -with ovens having drop doors against which the handle of the grate is adapted to rest so that when the oven door is opened the handle of the grate will drop down by gravity to a position where it may be readily grasped and the grate with' its load pulled out upon the oven oor.

The object of my invention 4is to provide an oven grate by means of which hot cooking utensils or the like may be easily removed from an oven without burning the hands.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through an oven illustrating the application of my 1nvention, 4

Figure 2, a top plan view of my'oven grate,

Figure 3, a section on the-line 3 3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4, a perspective of a detachable handle grip which may be used-with my device.

In the drawings referencecharacter 10 indicates an oven of conventional construction having a burner 11, drop door l2, and

- -adjustablelrack or basket lffor supporting A retaining pots, pansk and theY like containing food to be cooked.

A frame or grating is provided consisting of cross bars 14 and longitudinal b'ars`15 supported by shoes or skids 16 which engage the bottom of the ovenor adjustable rack upon which` the device may be supported and form runners the ends of the shoes 16 being preferably tapered'as shown in Figure 1 in order to cause'the device to slide freely over the support upon which it is mounted.

ar orupstandinfr guard rail 17 extends around Ythe sides -an ,rear end of the frame spaced sli htly above the same and`such retainin Izar issu ported ,by curved or subst-antily L-shapd rackets 18, one of -which is disposed at each corner of Y the frame'.

A The open end of the frame is provided with gravity to a free substantia a handle 19 `which has one end pivoted to cach end of the bar 17. This/open end of the frame permits cooking utensils to be easily slipped into and out of such frame without burning the hands. The forward portion of the handle 19 is preferably bent upwardly at a slight angle so that it may restagainst the oven door in substantially parallel relation and be held elevated, as shown in Figure 1, until the door is opened when it will drop by gravity to a position to be readily grasped and the grate pulled out upon the oven door the extremities of the bar o r handle 19 are slightly offset adjacent their points of pivotal connection with the extremities of the guard rail 17 to prevent the handle from falling rearwardly upon the body of the device so thatit cannot be readily engaged.

In Figure 4 is shown a detachable handle or hand grip 20 which may be formed of wood or other inexpensive heat insulating material and by means of which the handle may be engaged for pulling the grate out 0f the oven. If desired in lieu of the detachable handle or hand grip the handle 19 may be engaged by some grappling device such as a hook or the like.

It will Vbe obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do notl limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but only as indicated in the appended claims. i

Having thus fully described my said inl vention, what I clalm as new and desire to handle pivotally mountedv at said open end and arranged'to be held upright by an oven `door when the same is in closed position but adapted when the door is opened to dro by 1y horizontafpbsition where it may be readily engaged for removing the device from an oven, substantially as set forth.

2. A rack or basket for supporting cooking utensils and the like in an oven compristot no E

`standing retaining ing around one en 5 framework,

ing unobstructed by said guard whereb jects may be readily placed upon an moved from the device, 'nally disposed sup 10 under side ofosaid e framework'formed of longitudinally transversely extending members, an nbar or guard rail exten.

d and the sides of sind one end of said framework berespaced longitudiorting runners on the ework, and a handle 

